AND … FROM THE UK? ZERO POINTS

The Vass View. Or, is it a rant?

Our picture shows the Burland Fraser Technologies Team, our joint venture in India, in the German pavilion on German manufacturer Wieland’s stand, selling UK and German manufactured goods to India.  Our Managing Director, Richard Vass, was flabbergasted to find no UK pavilion and zero UK trade and export support.

Elecrama 2010 is the biggest power supply and distribution exhibition of its kind in Asia, maybe the world, and to find no official representation from the UK was extremely disappointing.

Bad for UK PLC but great for Burland, the exhibition proved a great success. It gave Richard every opportunity to brush up his German, particularly whilst enjoying the excellent hospitality provided by the German Consulate at the Novotel, Juhu Beach on the Wednesday evening.

Amongst other suppliers, Burland Fraser has the exclusive distribution rights to Wieland Electric products in India. www.wieland.com

Richard Vass is arriving in Mumbai in time for Sankranti. He’s hoping to soak up some warmer weather and to join in the celebrations before beginning a hectic schedule of meetings in Mumbai and Pune.

Next, it’s off to Elecrama 2010, 20 – 24 January, at the Bombay Exhibition Centre in Mumbai.

Described as the world’s largest power transmission and distribution exhibition, Elecrama brings together a huge international following. Richard Vass will be in the German Pavilion with Burland partner Wieland Electric and Burland’s joint venture Indian operation, Burland Fraser Technologies.

The Air-Block’s revolutionary 2 piece design* removes the need for an outer housing ring, and facilitates quick and easier installation of the grommet.

The standard flame retardant gasket provides an airtight seal around cables. Gaskets can also be made to order.

The GT020 is easy to open and even easier to close. The unit is designed as a high load performance grommet and the gasket provides an excellent air seal around cables.

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The 42mm deep (15/8”) grommet fits a 150mm (6 inch) diameter opening in the access floor panel.

The Air-Block’s revolutionary 2 piece design removes the need for an outer housing ring, and facilitates quick and easier installation of the grommet. The standard flame retardant gasket has 4 optional gasket knockouts. Gaskets can also be made to order. The GT06 is easy to open and even easier to close. The unit is designed as a high load performance grommet and the gasket provides an excellent air seal around cables. The retained centre cover forms a solid lid unit when the grommet is not cabled.

Managing Director, Richard Vass sees its philosophy of investing in high levels of stock as a key factor contributing to this success.

“Not only does it help electrical engineers working on fast track projects deliver results on time, it also allows us to provide finished goods at sensible prices so that they complete within budget too,” says Richard.

Highlights of the year:

• 70% of products delivered within 24 hours
• average lead time within 7 days of factory order
• £400,000 of finished goods delivered to 65 individual projects for a major retailer across the UK within 48 hours
• 30,000 power modules supplied to a major project roll out, all on next day delivery
• 2,000 power distribution units in stock at any one time

Burland is always on the look out for and keen to develop new products that will have a major impact on reducing your carbon footprint and your electricity bills.

Burland Technology Solutions has introduced a new energy efficient lighting system for car parks and other public places that soaks up energy during the day for use at night. At night the light stays dim when there is no activity and lights up when it senses movement. No cabling is needed.

Burland managing director, Richard Vass says “These new solar powered lights are a wow with organisations like the NHS and others who are trying to cut costs and do as much as they can to reduce their carbon footprint.”

Nicknamed ‘Angel Eyes’, this new intelligent outdoor lighting system from the Leadsun Electronic Technology Company combines a high efficiency solar panel, controller, human infrared sensor module, high-capability lithium-polymer battery and LED light into a compact durable aluminium housing.

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Burland offers a range of above desk units to meet all technical requirements, budgets and aesthetics.

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2 gang, 4 gang, 6 gang, 8 gang and others to order

• Standard and non standard UK and international socket styles
• Any combination of fusing and switching
• Broad range of support modules to provide protection against earth leakage, overcurrents and mains transients
• Dual material technology: aluminium and polycarbonate construction

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A simple press releases the unit, which can then be manually rotated on its central axis to expose the socket outlets. When rotated to conceal, this unit will hide the power, voice and data outlets, blending neatly into the surface in which it is mounted.

The model is ideal for applications where it is not necessary to have the sockets visible at all times, especially boardroom, conference and discussion tables.

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The unit is self-contained, extremely simple to fit without tools and accommodates the entire range of outlets. The number of outlets and length of the box are completely customisable according to project requirements.

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